Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a convenience store, located on Highway 22 on Tuesday morning, shortly after 7 a.m. in reference to shots being fired in the parking lot. According to Sheriff Bobby Webre, deputies and detectives responded to the scene and learned that 37-year-old John Wesley Harris of French Settlement fired five […]

The Strategic Planning Committee was tasked with evaluating the effects of an ordinance proposing a six month moratorium on fill in the flood plain. Strategic Planning did not pass the ordinance. However, they exhibited a sense of urgency in having engineering firm HNTB present again what was presented in May 2018 to the EA Drainage […]

Offering a scaled-down version of the presentation she had given on May 7, 2018, Melissa Kennedy of HNTB engineers told Ascension Council’s Strategic Planning Committee it would take “about $2 million (and) 18 months” to figure out all the parish’s drainage complexities. On Monday she appeared for a “Discussion of Limit of Floodplain Management Fill” […]

Prairieville- Shortly after 2:30 pm on February 17, 2019, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop A began investigating a four vehicle crash that resulted in a fatality on US Hwy 61 (Airline Hwy.) south of LA Hwy 427 (Old Perkins Rd.) in Ascension Parish. The crash took the life of 21-year-old Celeste Andre of St. Amant. […]

Ascension Parish Library invites all interested persons to attend a free small business seminar, Starting and Financing a Small Business. It is designed for individuals who want to learn what it takes to start and run a successful small business. The program will focus on helping participants learn how to determine the feasibility of their […]

The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office is actively seeking the whereabouts of 18-year-old Darrel Morris Jr. who is wanted for disturbing the peace, six counts illegal use of weapons, possession of firearm by convicted felon, and assault by drive-by shooting. According to Sheriff Bobby Webre, as the investigation continues from shots fired after a rap party […]

When Councilman Oliver Joseph gavels tonight’s Strategic Planning Committee meeting to order it will begin his tenure as the committee’s chairman. It will have been 20 months since the committee took up ineffectual Drainage Impact Studies required of every new subdivision development without any action whatever being taken by the Parish Council. A mere nine […]

Donaldsonville, LA. – Ascension Public Schools will hold public forums for the next two weeks about the March 30 tax renewal election. The forums are divided by high school feeder systems. Parents and employees from all schools plus the general public are encouraged to attend. WHAT: Public Forums about the March 30 Tax Renewal Election WHEN AND WHERE: […]

On November 23, 1887, the first formally organized sugar cane labor strike ended in bloody tragedy when white paramilitary groups attacked black sugar cane workers and their families in Thibodaux, Louisiana. At least 35 were killed, with upwards of 300 killed, wounded, or missing. The victims were exclusively African-American. On Tuesday, February 19 at 6:30 […]

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Apparently, President Kenny Matassa’s administration no longer issues Requests for Proposal/Qualification when doling out millions to his favorite engineering firm. 10 months left until Matassa is out of office and he is starting to remember who his friends really are. A last minute addition to Thursday’s Council meeting agenda: (12) Approval to amend the Utilities […]